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| TRANSAT'S GERMANY & BELGIUM FAM |
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Travel media FAM to Germany and Belgium, May 14-22 highlights flexibility of Transat’s packages
Leyla Emory
Transat Holidays’ latest press trip to Germany and Belgium, which took place from May 14-22, 2008, effortlessly adhered to a packed itinerary throughout the eight-day multi-destination tour. Germany lives up to its reputation for efficiency and organization. Arriving in Frankfurt and moving south and then west to Brussels, the trip didn’t follow any packages offered by Transat Holidays. But to some extent, that was the point. “We’re known for our package deals but there’s also the flexibility to create your own itinerary,” says Erin Oddleifson, director of marketing in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. “The options are available.”
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| VoX INTERNATIONAL TO REPRESENT MASSACHUSETTS |
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Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism chooses VoX International as Canadian representative
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| Boston Common | | The state that is home to Cheers, Fenway Park and Harvard University has found a residence north of the border. The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism has officially chosen VoX International to be the Canadian representative office for the state. Effective June 1, 2008, VoX International will provide sales and marketing, tradeshow representation, web site development, public relations, and advertising to reach the travel and tourism industry on behalf the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2006, Massachusetts gained a 9 per cent increase in Canadian visitors for a total of 583,000 versus 505,000 in 2005. With the Canadian dollar currently trading close to par with the US dollar, VoX anticipates that the exchange rate will only have a positive impact on travel planning to Massachusetts.
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| SIGNATURE: AVOID FUEL SURCHARGE, BOOK NOW |
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Book your clients by June 1, 2008 to avoid $30 additional fuel surcharge increase
Signature Vacations is urging customers to book by June 1st, 2008 due to the recent announcement of a $30 per passenger fuel surcharge increase being implemented on all Skyservice flights departing from all Canadian gateways to sun destinations. For all bookings and departures made on Skyservice flights as of June 2nd, 2008 onwards a total fuel surcharge of $150 per passenger will apply.
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| HAVE A BALL WITH BARBADOS! |
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Fifth annual Barbados Charity Ball in Toronto on Sat. May 31
Charmaine Pang
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| Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. David Thompson, will be present at the ball | | The 5th annual Barbados Charity Ball will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2008, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on 255 Front Street West, Toronto beginning at 6 p.m. Recently elected Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson will be the featured speaker. The event is expected to attract more than 600 patrons representing multicultural Canada. TRAVELHotNews.com spoke with Jessica Carrington, president of the organizing committee for the Ball yesterday afternoon. “This is going to be an unbelievable event. The theme this year is a ‘Magical Underwater Journey’. Journey. The entertainment is all Barbadian, and there will be well over 500 people coming. There will be a cocktail reception, dancing and a sumptuous dinner accented with Bajan flavours.” Read on for more information.
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| JUST 'SKAL' ME! |
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Toronto SKAL Club meeting takes place at Boulevard Club
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| Three new members were inducted to the Toronto SKAL Club | | Yesterday, the Toronto SKAL Club held their luncheon meeting at the historic Boulevard in Club in Toronto. More than 60 SKAL members attended as well as many guests including Ron Harding, a former executive of Sunquest Vacations. The Toronto SKAL club inducted three new members, Scott Barker, Ed Radonic and Karen Scott Caplice during the meeting. Also attending the event were SKAL Life Members Wally Haupt, Lynn Ferguson and John Stephenson. Alison Metcalfe, now working in New York was welcomed back to Toronto for the luncheon. For information on the upcoming SKAL events at the Blue Jays Game, Woodbine Racetrack and the annual Golf Tournament, visit torontoskal.org.
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| CHINA NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE EARTHQUAKE FUND |
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CNTO directs donations to Sichuan Tourism Administration
In order to meet the requests from Chinese-Canadians, Canadians and those who work in the travel industry on the matter of making donations to fight the disastrous earthquake on May 12th in Sichuan, China, the China National Tourist Office suggests any donations go to the Sichuan Tourism Administration to supporting Sichuan tourism. Your generosity of donation through this special account is greatly appreciated. All funds received will go directly for the relief and rescue in the earthquake-hit area. The official accounts for the earthquake are:
Account With Institution: The Industrial And Commercial Bank of China
Limited Sichuan Branch
Beneficiary Customer: Tourism Administration of Sichuan Province
#4402204009140300430 (American Dollars)
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| SAY “I DO” IN CUBA |
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Destination weddings, honeymoons in Cuba are increasingly popular
The Cuba Tourist Board has made note of a rising trend in the number of Canadians travelling to Cuba for destination weddings. This is due mainly to the variety of wedding packages available. The process is simple, economical and efficient, offering brides and grooms-to-be a “safe and romantic” environment for the wedding of their dreams. Sol Melia Hotels are among the most popular wedding packages providers and they have confirmed a 12 per cent increase in the number of weddings in 2007 with the celebration of 1, 070 weddings at their resorts in the island. Paradisus Rio de Oro in Holguin is the most popular property with a total of 234 weddings, followed by Melia Cayo Guillermo (in Cayo Guillermo) and and Sol Palmeras in Varadero. Canadians represent 53 per cent of the newlyweds followed by those from the U.K. Read on for statistics about honeymoons.
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